UNKNOWN

lost in my own mind, drowned with my own thoughts.

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Collaborative Development of ICT Content

Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. Synthesize previous learnings into an integrated ICT content through collaboration with classmate and teacher as both peer and partner.

Globally, ICTs have emerged as strategically important tools for social and economic change.The purpose of the ICT collaboration is to build research relationships and networks through shared training and technological and product development agendas.

Team Structure and Dynamics for ICT Content

Online collaboration on an online environment allows people to generate content, reflection, review/modification, while making modifications process visible to others.

A team of writers, editors, designers, team manager may work together even though they are located in different areas with the use of collaboration tools. The writers and designers can easily get feedback and approval of the content that they are working on.

PARTICIPATION

Encourage participation from across your organization wherein they belong as one.

COLLECTIVE

Each needs to help the group reach a consensus and then take action collectively on the decisions to make.

TRANSPARENCY

Feedback and trust are essential elements of collaboration. Being transparent with information is crucial.

INDEPENDENCE

Ensure that group think does not emerge and that people are thinking for themselves.

PERSISTENCE

You need to be persistent in your application of these principles, to ensure that all content is kept within the community and easily accessible to all members.

EMERGENCE

You need to ensure that you focus on the end goal rather than worrying about how it is achieved. The collaborative community should set their own goals and objectives.

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Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design; authoring, including standardised code and proprietary software; user experience design; and search engine optimization.

THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF A WEBSITE DESIGN

1  Navigation

The website design should be easy to navigate and the menu items should easily accessible from any page. The viewer should always know exactly where they are on the website and have easy access to where they would like to be. A site map is a great idea and will be used if available. This sounds elementary but most websites could be improved in this area. Remember, there is a fine line between an interactive menu and an annoying one, so functionality should be the idea.

2 Visual Design

People are visually oriented creatures, and utilizing great graphics is a good way to make your website more appealing. Your website has about 1/10th of a second to impress your visitor - and potential customer - and let them know that your website - and business (by proxy) - is trustworthy and professional. However, it's important not to go overboard with too much. Scrolling text, animation, and flash intros should be used sparingly in your web design and only to emphasize a point for maximum effect.

3 Content

This is the backbone of your website. Not only does your content play a major role in your search engine placement, it is the reason most visitors are seeking from your website in the first place. Your website text should be informative, easy to read, and concise. Well thought out web content and copy will do more than anything else to make your website design engaging, effective and popular.

4 Web Friendly

No matter how informative, beautiful, and easy to use your website design is, it's useless unless it's web-friendly. It is important that your web designers know the keys to making your website work on all the major browsers, and that they utilize meta tags, alt tags, are fully versed in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Many factors effect your search engine placement and visual appearance of your site, so make sure your web designers know their stuff.

5 Interaction

A truly effective website design engages your visitors immediately and continues to hold their attention through EVERY page, as well as influences them to contact you. This is called 'conversion', and is probably your website's ultimate goal. Again, there is a fine line between ʻinteractionʼ and ʻannoyanceʼ, so the level of interac- tion should never outweigh the benefit.

6 Information Accessibility

Not all visitors to your website are interested in, or have the time to peruse the entire site. They may need to access only a phone number or address, or just a certain bit of info. For this reason itʼs important to place key information in plain site, in an area thatʼs easily accessible. Weʼve all had the experience of not being able to locate some needed information on a website, and the result is always a frustrated visitor. The experience is annoying at best, and a disgruntled visitor wonʼt stay on your site very long and is unlikely not to return, much less do business with you.

7 Intuitiveness

A great website anticipates what your visitor is thinking and caters directly to their needs, and has elements arranged in a way that makes sense. If a visitor is searching for one of your products or services on a search engine or directory where your site is listed, it's important that your website have a landing page that is directly relevant to what they searched for rather than forcing them to filter through all of your information. Remember, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

8 Branding

Your website should be a direct reflection of your business and your brand. Your visitor should immediately make a visual connection between your logo, print material, and brick-and-mortar location. A website that does this not only contributes to the memorability of your branding, but adds a level of credibility and enhanced image of that of your overall business.

9 Turnaround Time

The number one complaint of website design customers is the time it takes to get the site up and running. Unfortunately, a firm that takes unusually long to complete your website is par for the course. The longer it takes to complete the website, the more business - and value - you lose. A website that isnʼt on the web isnʼt and working properly isn't going to bring you any business!

10 Conversion

Your website can be the most important client generator your business can have, and must place the primary emphasis on bringing in new clients and making additional services available to existing clients through increased awareness of all the services you offer. Providing them with the tools they need to do business with you in an easy and enjoyable way will increase your website conversion and bring you the kind of success you seek.

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In computing, WYSIWYG (/ˈwɪziwɪɡ/ WIZ-ee-wig), an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, is a system in which editing software allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.

The Advantages of WYSIWYG HTML editors

easy

fast

no special skills required

you can design a site without having any programming knowledge

Anyone can create web sites and put them online

Create web sites quickly

Provide a platform to start learn HTML

Its great fun to create web pages this way. You can do it yourself, experimenting with colors and layouts. The web page is likely to be unique, unless you are trying to clone another web page. You can stretch your imagination.

It’s faster and easier to create web pages. You can make changes to a page layout by simply dragging the objects to their new positions.

You can make changes to content (text or images) in WYSIWYG editor, instead of searching for and inserting between HTML tags, or using a complex content management system.

WYSIWYG software runs on any windows computer.

You can also create background images on fly.

They are easy to use, so even people who have no knowledge of HTML can use them to create their websites.

Gives you more creative control as you get to focus more on what the design looks like instead of what the HTML code looks like.

Wikis are easy to use and learn.

Wikis are instantaneous so there is no need to wait for a publisher to create a new edition or update information

A rich text editor offers a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) interface, facilitating the formatting and layout of content.

Non-technical users have access to the power of web publishing.

There are a wide range of open source software wiki’s to choose from so licensing costs shouldn’t be a barrier to installing an institutional wiki.

Anyone can edit.

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Web design refers to the design of websites that are displayed on the internet. It usually refers to the user experience aspects of website development rather than software development.A web designer works on the appearance, layout, and, in some cases, content of a website.

1. Visual Hierarchy

Squeaky wheels get the grease, and prominent visuals get the attention. Visual hierarchy is one of the most important principles behind good web design. It’s the order in which the human eye perceives what it sees.

2. Divine Proportions

The Golden Ratio is the magical number 1.618 (φ). Designs that use proportions defined by the golden ratio are, it’s believed, aesthetically pleasing.

Hick’s Law

Hick’s Law says that with every additional choice increases the time required to take a decision.

You’ve experienced this countless times at restaurants. Menus with huge options make it difficult to choose your dinner. If it offered two options, making a decision would take much less time. This is similar to the Paradox of Choice—the more choices you give, the easier it is to choose nothing. Both principles come into play with web design.

4. Fitt’s Law

Fitt’s law stipulates that the time required to move to a target area (e.g. click a button) is a function of the distance to the target and the size of the target. In other words, the bigger an object and the closer it is, the easier it is to use.

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An image hosting service allows individuals to upload images to an Internet website. The image host will then store the image onto its server, and show the individual different types of code to allow others to view that image.

Flickr is one of the most famous image sharing sites on the web, and even though it’s gone through changes since being purchased by Yahoo, it’s still very popular with photographers. In addition to offering free hosting, it provides editing tools and allows you to organize your images into albums.

SmugMug is similar to Flickr in that it gives photographers a place to showcase their work. Although it isn’t as focused on the social media aspect of photo sharing as Flickr is, users can share their photos and view other work.

When you create a SmugMug account, you create a customizable photo site. There are plenty of designs you can choose from, and the site has built-in editing tools to make changes to the design templates.

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In computer graphics, graphics software refers to a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate images or models visually on a computer. Computer graphics can be classified into distinct categories: raster graphics and vector graphics, with further 2D and 3D variants.

Graphics software is used to create, edit, and manage 2D images. The computer graphics can be in the form of clip art, website graphics, brand logos, headings, titles, backgrounds, or digital media.

Common graphics software are Photoshop, Illustrator, Paint Shop Pro, CorelDRAW, The Apple Photos plugins from Macphun, Adobe Lightroom, Digital Image Suite, Canva, and other related programs.

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Image Manipulation refers to a process of bringing changes to a digitized image for transforming it to a desired image. The changes are made possible by resorting to image processing. Image manipulation is utilized to create magazine covers and albums from photographs.

Photo manipulation has been used to deceive or persuade viewers or improve storytelling and self-expression. Often even subtle and discreet changes can have a profound impact on how we interpret or judge a photograph, making it all the more important to know when or if manipulation has occurred.

To “crop” an image is to remove or adjust the outside edges of an image (typically a photo) to improve framing or composition, draw a viewer's eye to the image subject, or change the size or aspect ratio. In other words, image cropping is the act of improving a photo or image by removing the unnecessary parts.

In photography and image processing, color balance is the global adjustment of the intensities of the colors. An important goal of this adjustment is to render specific colors – particularly neutral colors – correctly. Hence, the general method is sometimes called gray balance, neutral balance, or white balance.

Brightness refers to the overall lightness or darkness of the image. Increasing the brightness every pixel in the frame gets lighter. Contrast is the difference in brightness between objects in the image. Increasing the contrast makes light areas lighter and dark area in the frame becomes much darker.

The other major component of image resizing is compression. Simply put, image compression is a way to optimize images to reduce their file size, ideally without reducing (or noticeably reducing, anyway) image quality.

The Color blend mode is actually a combination of the first two modes in the Composite group, Hue and Saturation. When you change a layer's blend mode to Color, only the color (that is, all of the hues and their saturation values) from the layer is blended in with the layer or layers below it.

LAYER MASKS LET YOU COMBINE MULTIPLE IMAGES WITHOUT ERASING PARTS OF THE IMAGE. If you think back to Chapter 1, we combined several images together in “Using Multiple Layers” by bringing them all into the same document and erasing parts of each layer away. 

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 JPEG (or JPG) - Joint Photographic Experts Group

JPEGs might be the most common file type you run across on the web, and more than likely the kind of image that is in your company's MS Word version of its letterhead. JPEGs are known for their "lossy" compression, meaning that the quality of the image decreases as the file size decreases.

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

PNGs are amazing for interactive documents such as web pages but are not suitable for print. While PNGs are "lossless," meaning you can edit them and not lose quality, they are still low resolution.

TIFF - Tagged Image File

A TIF is a large raster file that doesn't lose quality. This file type is known for using "lossless compression," meaning the original image data is maintained regardless of how often you might copy, re-save, or compress the original file.

BMP OR DIB - Bit Map Image File, Divice Independent BITMAP

A file with the BMP file extension is a Device-Independent Bitmap Graphic file, and may, therefore, be called a DIB file for short. They're also known as bitmap image files or just bitmaps. BMP files can store both monochrome and color image data in various color/bit depths.

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Imaging and Design for Online Environment is an online graphics and layouts that taught me many effective things in order for me to use image design and its advantages.They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends.

When we refer to the online environment, we are referring to the virtual space in which learners participate in the learning experience. ... In this process, learners and instructors are emotionally present when they connect with others in an authentic way during the online learning experience.

Balance

Visual balance comes from arranging the elements so that no section is heavier than another. Sometimes elements are thrown out of balance to give emphasis or create a certain mood.

Proximity / Unity The relationship between people or elements in a design is affected by proximity. How close or far apart elements are, suggest a relationship or lack of a relationship with each other. Unity can be created by using a third element to connect distant parts. Are all the title elements together? Is contact information altogether? Are all related elements together? In design proximity or closeness creates a bond or a link.

Alignment

Alignment brings order to the design. How type and graphics are aligned on a page and in relation to each other makes the layout easier or more difficult to read. Has a grid been used? Is there a common alignment? RHS, LHS, centred? Does the alignment aid or hinder readability? Has it been done with a specific goal in mind?

Repetition / Consistency

Repeating design elements and consistency of style shows a reader where to go and helps them navigate the design. Do the page numbers appear in the same place from page to page? Are headlines consistent in size style, placement? Is the style consistent throughout?

Contrast

In design, big and small elements black and white text and graphics all create contrast. Contrast helps different elements stand out. Does the design have enough contrast? Is there enough contrast between text and background for it to stand out and be readable? Are the more important elements, headlines, calls to action contrasting enough to stand out?

White space

Designs that cram too much into a small space are uncomfortable and may be confusing and difficult to read. White space gives the design breathing space. Is there enough space between columns of text? Does text sit clear of the graphics? But beware too much white space and the elements will seem to float on the page.

Excellent graphic design will have all these elements in place producing pleasing and effective designs. Designs that excite the reader and re-enforce the message being conveyed.

An infographic is a collection of imagery, charts, and minimal text that gives an easy-to-understand overview of a topic. As in the example below, infographics use striking, engaging visuals to communicate information quickly and clearly.

Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends.

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Office productivity tools are applications that allow for the viewing, creating and modifying of general office documents (e.g. spreadsheets, memos, presentations, letters, personal database, form generation, image editing, etc.). Office productivity tools also include applications for managing employee tasks.

Productivity tools are used by employees across organizations to create and produce documents, databases, charts, graphics and presentations. Today, these tools have become the necessity for both corporations and individuals to successfully execute their overall strategy.

With online productivity tools, you gain access to analytics that will allow you to learn from previous projects. Pinpoint mistakes and areas to improve so that you can make future projects run more efficiently and smoothly. Such data allows you to make changes to how you plan, assign work, set deadlines and more.

Resources that are available for students focus on homework help, study guides, and learning communities. These resource tools allow teachers to enhance their students' learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.

A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document. Hyperlinks are found in nearly all Web pages, allowing users to click their way from page to page. Text hyperlinks are often blue and underlined, but don't have to be. When you move the cursor over a hyperlink, whether it is text or an image, the arrow should change to a small hand pointing at the link. When you click it, a new page or place in the current page will open.

Hyperlinks, often referred to as just "links," are common in Web pages, but can be found in other hypertext documents. These include certain encyclopedias, glossaries, dictionaries, and other references that use hyperlinks. The links act the same way as they do on the Web, allowing the user to jump from page to page. Basically, hyperlinks allow people to browse information at hyperspeed.

Mail Merge is a handy feature that incorporates data from both Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel and allows you to create multiple documents at once, such as letters, saving you the time and effort of retyping the same letter over and over.

Microsoft Excel is a software program produced by Microsoft that allows users to organize, format and calculate data with formulas using a spreadsheet system. This software is part of the Microsoft Office suite and is compatible with other applications in the Office suite.

Excel is a handy software that can be used to store and organize many data sets. Using its features and formulas, you can also use the tool to make sense of your data. For example, you could use a spreadsheet to track data and automatically see sums averages and totals.

Easy data entry and operations: One of the main advantages of MS excel is that it facilitates smooth and easy data entry. Compared to any other data entry and analyzing tools, MS Excel offers features like Ribbon interface, a set of commands used to perform certain operations .

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Online search is the process of interactively searching for and retrieving requested information via a computer from databases that are online. Interactive searches became possible in the 1980s with the advent of faster databases and smart terminals.

Research Skills  “Research” sometimes just means finding out information about a topic. You can certainly develop advanced information retrieval skills in Working with Sources. However, in specific understandings of “research” carry a lot of weight. The classic definition is that “research” leads to an original contribution to knowledge in a particular field of inquiry by defining an important question or problem and then answering or solving it in a systematic way.

Research skills are the ability to search for, find, collect, analyse, interpret and evaluate information that is relevant to the subject being studied. Research shapes the future, it teaches us new things and helps us adapt and evolve.  

What I've learned about this topic is, online research has many advantages and disadvantages. I've also learned about research skills that I may use when I will conduct a research in the future, Improving my research skills for a better research, The strategies that I will use, And how to find facts in online research.

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Online Safety Security Ethics Etiquette. Internet safety, or online safety, is the knowledge of maximizing the user’s personal safety and security risks to private information and property associated with using the internet, and the self-protection from computer crime in general.

Netiquette is a combination of the words network and etiquette and is defined as a set of rules for acceptable online behavior. Similarly, online ethics focuses on the acceptable use of online resources in an online social environment.

Also, what does online etiquette mean? When you go to a party, you think about etiquette whether you realize it or not. This is called online etiquette, or netiquette for short. Online etiquette is the correct or acceptable way of communicating or behaving on the Internet.

Core Rules of Netiquette

Rule 1: Remember the Human.

Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life.

Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace.

Rule 4: Respect other people’s time and bandwidth.

Rule 5: Make yourself look good online.

Rule 6: Share expert knowledge.

Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control.

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Online systems are online versions of information systems, which is “the process of and tools for storing, managing, using, and gathering of data and communications in an organization. An example of information systems are tools for sending out communications and storing files in a business.”

An online system is connected to the Internet to work. The online system may be completely private, or it may allow third-party apps to connect via the programming platforms. Online systems are helpful tools for storing, managing, using, and gathering of data used in communications.

Online platforms support so many of our daily activities that we have become dependent on them in our personal and professional lives. We rely on them to buy and sell goods and services, to find information online and to keep in touch with each other. We use them for entertainment, news, transportation, accommodation, finding jobs and employees, finding apps and for many other purposes.

#onlinesystems  #onlineflatforms  #functions  #lessontwo

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“Information and Communication Technologies.” ICT refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunicatilns, It is similar to Information Technology (IT), but focuses primarily on communication technologies. This includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums.

ICT is very helpful in society, it helps our everyday life to be better, such as online shopping and online learning. You don’t need to go outside to buy your necessities. And for students to learn, especially in this pandemic and we are adopting the new normal, this is very much useful and helpful for everyone in the society. ICT makes our everyday lives easy, quick and better, it allows us to access information and communicate effectively.

And ICT can be useful in your professional track such as, healthcare, education, law, finance and manufacturing. And for me engineering, ICT support Engineers develop support procedures and strategies for systems, networks, operating systems and applications development.